A MAN accused of causing thousands of pounds of damage by daubing a graffiti tag around Oxford has appeared in court.
Charlie Silver is charged with being behind the ‘Soak’ moniker, which appeared throughout the city in 2010 and 2011.
The 20-year-old appeared at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday to face four counts of criminal damage totalling more than £20,000.
Silver, of Upper Fisher Row, central Oxford, was not required to enter any pleas.
Magistrates Patrick McCormick, Sue Jagger and Kay Whitaker decided the case was too serious to be dealt with at the lower court and passed it on to Oxford Crown Court.
Silver, who was given bail on the condition he does not carry any graffiti equipment in public, will next appear at the court on February 28.
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